Medical image-processing apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic device

1. A medical image-processing apparatus comprising: storage circuitry configured to store information about at least one of a position of a region of interest in a breast, a size of the region of interest, and a size of the breast, the information acquired based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject; and setting-condition determining circuitry configured to: set at least one setting condition of an ultrasonic diagnostic device used in ultrasonographic diagnosis for the breast, according to the information about at least one of the position of the region of interest, the size of the region of interest, and the size of the breast, and acquire a display depth of an ultrasonic image, that is to be generated by ultrasonic scanning at a position, according to a size of the breast, as a setting condition.

2. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage circuitry stores a distance to the region of interest from a body surface at the time of imaging the X-ray image, as the information of the position of the region of interest in the breast, and the setting-condition determining circuitry refers to the distance to the region of interest from the body surface at the time of imaging the X-ray image, and acquires a transmission condition that a position according to the distance to the region of interest from the body surface on which an ultrasonic probe to perform ultrasonic scanning abuts is a focus position in the ultrasonic scanning, as a setting condition.

3. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry arranges, on an ultrasonic image that is generated by the ultrasonic scanning, a mark that indicates a focus position in the ultrasonic scanning acquired as the setting condition, to display on a display that is to be referred to at the time of ultrasonic scanning.

4. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry acquires a size of a mark that indicates an observation subject region according to the size of the region of interest as a setting condition, and arranges the mark that indicates the observation subject region acquired as the setting condition on an ultrasonic image generated by ultrasonic scanning, to display on a display that is to be referred to at the time of the ultrasonic scanning.

5. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage circuitry further stores information of a position of a region of interest on a schematic diagram for breast diagnosis, based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject, the schematic diagram schematically expressing the breast, and the setting-condition determining circuitry acquires scanning order in ultrasonic scanning for a plurality of regions in the breast by referring to the information of the position of the region of interest, as a setting condition.

6. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry sets only a region that corresponds to the information on the position of the region of interest to a scanning region in the ultrasonic scanning, out of a plurality of regions in the breast.

7. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry gives a priority in the scanning order to a region that corresponds to the information on the position of the region of interest, out of a plurality of regions in the breast.

8. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry displays scanning order that is expressed with a region before scanning, a region being scanned, and a region after scanning in respective different forms, on a display that is to be referred to at the time of the ultrasonic scanning.

9. A medical image-processing apparatus comprising: storage circuitry configured to store information on a position of a region of interest in a schematic diagram for breast diagnosis acquired based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject, the schematic diagram schematically expressing the breast; and setting-condition determining circuitry configured to: select, at the time of starting ultrasonic scanning, a schematic diagram corresponding to the schematic diagram for the breast diagnosis from a plurality of schematic diagrams for ultrasonic scanning, acquire a position at which information indicating a position on which an ultrasonic probe abuts is arranged on the selected schematic diagram for ultrasonic scanning by referring to the information on a position of the region of interest, display the selected schematic diagram for ultrasonic scanning on which the information indicating the position on which the ultrasonic probe abuts is arranged at the acquired position, on a display that is to be referred to at the time of the ultrasonic scanning, and display, on the selected schematic diagram, information indicating a distance between an initial position for the ultrasonic probe and a nipple of the breast.

10. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry further arranges information that indicates a distance between the position at which the ultrasonic probe abuts and a nipple on the schematic diagram for the ultrasonic scanning.

11. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry acquires scanning order in ultrasonic scanning for a plurality of regions in the breast by referring to the information of the position of the region of interest.

12. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry sets only a region that corresponds to the information on the position of the region of interest to a scanning region in the ultrasonic scanning, out of a plurality of regions in the breast.

13. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry gives a priority in the scanning order to a region that corresponds to the information on the position of the region of interest, out of a plurality of regions in the breast.

14. The medical image-processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the setting-condition determining circuitry displays scanning order that is expressed with a region before scanning, a region being scanned, and a region after scanning in respective different forms, on a display that is to be referred to at the time of the ultrasonic scanning.

15. An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising: storage circuitry configured to store information about at least one of a position of a region of interest in a breast, a size of the region of interest, and a size of the breast, the information acquired based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject; and setting-condition determining circuitry configured to: set at least one setting condition of the ultrasonic diagnostic device used in ultrasonographic diagnosis for the breast, according to the information about at least one of the position of the region of interest, the size of the region of interest, and the size of the breast, and acquire a display depth of an ultrasonic image that is to be generated by ultrasonic scanning at a position, according to a size of the breast, as a setting condition.

16. An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising: storage circuitry configured to store information on a position of a region of interest in a schematic diagram for breast diagnosis acquired based on an X-ray image of a breast of a subject, the schematic diagram schematically expressing the breast; and setting-condition determining circuitry configured to: select, at the time of starting ultrasonic scanning, a schematic diagram corresponding to the schematic diagram for the breast diagnosis from a plurality of schematic diagrams for ultrasonic scanning, acquire a position at which information indicating a position on which an ultrasonic probe abuts is arranged on the selected schematic diagram for ultrasonic scanning by referring to the information on a position of the region of interest, display the selected schematic diagram for ultrasonic scanning on which the information indicating the position on which the ultrasonic probe abuts is arranged at the acquired position, on a display that is to be referred to at the time of the ultrasonic scanning, and display, on the selected schematic diagram, information indicating a distance between an initial position for the ultrasonic probe and a nipple of the breast.